Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2019-08-15

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2019-08-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-15

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Aug 15

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

163 head

▲ 33 vs last sale 130▲ 163 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

216 head

▼ 42 vs last sale 258▲ 216 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Feeder dairy calves sold 10.00-15.00 higher.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,828	81.39	1,488	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,711	66.34	1,135	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,359	61.61	837	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,124	50.16	563	12

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	107	109.85/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 2	100	75.10/cwt	12
Bulls	Number 3	103	48.40/cwt	6
Bulls	Utility	78	10.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	74	130.00/cwt	1

Every lot

24 lots · USDA AMS · Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,828	81.39/cwt	80.00–82.50	1,488	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,079	51.15/cwt	49.00–54.50	552	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,094	41.70/cwt	37.50–44.50	456	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,242	56.62/cwt	54.50–58.50	703	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,342	59.61/cwt	57.00–62.00	800	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,420	68.60/cwt	66.00–71.00	974	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,670	63.08/cwt	60.00–67.00	1,053	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,765	70.69/cwt	68.00–73.00	1,248	3
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	74	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	96	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	72	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	83	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	25	2
Bulls	—	UtilityCrossbred	84	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	86	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	56	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	88	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	40	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	95	90.18/cwt	75.00–115.00	86	3
Bulls	—	Number 2	95	75.26/cwt	65.00–90.00	71	6
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	98	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	142	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	103	74.87/cwt	65.00–85.00	77	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	105	116.60/cwt	105.00–135.00	122	7
Bulls	—	Number 3	108	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	65	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	114	121.73/cwt	105.00–140.00	139	6
Bulls	—	Number 2	115	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	104	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	115	56.80/cwt	45.00–70.00	65	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	123	108.16/cwt	100.00–115.00	133	3

This sale against other markets

Pennsylvania weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Pennsylvania auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 163Last week 130Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 216Last week 258Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Feeder dairy calves sold 10.00-15.00 higher.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	86	65.00	65.00
3	—	95	75.00–115.00	90.18
3	—	123	100.00–115.00	108.16
6	—	114	105.00–140.00	121.73
7	—	105	105.00–135.00	116.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	45.00	45.00
2	—	115	90.00	90.00
3	—	103	65.00–85.00	74.87
6	—	95	65.00–90.00	75.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	108	60.00	60.00
2	—	83	30.00	30.00
3	—	115	45.00–70.00	56.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,828	80.00–82.50	81.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,420	66.00–71.00	68.60
7	—	1,342	57.00–62.00	59.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,670	60.00–67.00	63.08
3	—	1,765	68.00–73.00	70.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,079	49.00–54.50	51.15
3	—	1,094	37.50–44.50	41.70
3	—	1,242	54.50–58.50	56.62

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.